Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02

n great many weddings, and has had the
privilege also of kissing the bride. In
the Catholic marriage service u ring Is
Indispensable, and often in the hurry of
an enforced wedding bridcgrOOms have
neglected to provide the requisite. De.
tectye Groden, in fact, has had many
times, to hunt up ring to the delay of
the nuptials. Seven or eight years ago
it occurred 10 lm that II property ring,
so to speak, would be Il convenience, and
so he bought one that had all the appear
ancc of gold. That it is really base
metal he regards rs Il matter OF no consc-
qucncc TO the brides who wear il for II
moment. 1t is ring and /. is big
enough for the finger of any bride
When Mr.. Grodcn bought this plain
plated imitation wedding ring, he said to
himself that this circlet was likely 10
make a romantic history for itself, and
so he lald it away in his desk and kept Il
record of the number of times it was
used and the names of the contracting
parties whose names were solcmnized
with this same ring. Marriages are 1cas-
onably frequent ut Castle Garden, and,
during the seven or eight years that this
ring has been III use. have averaged
nearly one week. A wedding on Wed
ncsday was the 35ith in the history of the
ring, and the gilt has not yet worn of.
Why She Married.
Pittsburg Dispatch; "Why do | want
to marryr' seems to be the all absorbing
theme of your q q. s of recent date. If
it will interest or be of any benefit to the
"Berthas" OF to-day why Il girl wanted to
marry over fourteen years ago |, who
personate this girl, will jot down the
reasons rs they occurred to me then:
Possessing original and strong ideas, and
lnn -i,,,r lr,-I,l hn
nation of 4 VOW that reached nearer the
eternal future than any other--a binding
link that led to heaven, as it were-l felt
that to marry the man of my choice
would be to attain to that greater excel
lcnce of character; to perfect Il woman
hood rs yet very imperfect, to open new
paths of usefulness aud happiness to the
rearing of ones otlspring-the binding
tie of earthly marriage and the com
mands of an All wise Being-for Il noble
life on earth, for Christian death and a
resurrection. These were my principal
and exalted uotions of the marriage re-
lationshIp. | wanted my love pure, free
from droSs; and earthly appetite and
qualifications subordinate to this one
idea of lifetime. All other things be.
lieved would follow: a happy home; Il
happy wife and mother; n cOntentcd and
loving father, who thinks that wife and
children are the only beloved objects on
the face of the globe, and whose love for
them is only next to love for God. Re
ligiou wanted first in my home, for that
was to me the rock upon which hoped
to build the superstructure of the stately
cditice. Build me strong, noble Mas
ter, would be my unspoken prayer.
Leaving the exalted, or purely ideal, for
more practical thoughts although the
above is not impractcaD, | will say that
many a. young girl has ten chances where
another has only one for learning useful
things. Bertha" seems 10 have full and
plenty to work on, and that is Il great
thing. Rigid economy in household mat
tc"s is a bar to progress, rs much so rs
wastefulness is sin. Circumstances
have much to do with the bringing to
perfection of the unripe fruit, OF casting
it worthless to the ground before It's time